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Yellowbrick

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A privately-owned treatment center for young adults age 17-30 who are suffering from addiction, trau

Yellowbrick’s mission is to serve as the national leader and resource for the psychiatric treatment of emerging adults. Yellowbrick has created a developmentally specialized, research-based clinical model that integrates cutting-edge findings from neuroscience, innovative psychotherapies, strength-based life skills, and wellness medicine. Treatment is provided across all diagnoses and levels of care from residential through PHP, IOP, outpatient, and home health care.

10/10/2026

October 10 is World Mental Health Day.

Among all adult age groups, emerging adults ages 18 to 25 experience the highest rates of mental illness and the lowest rates of treatment.

Closing that gap starts with recognizing that this population needs developmentally specialized care designed to meet them where they are.

Awareness is a beginning, and access to the right kind of support is what changes outcomes.

10/07/2026

Most families reach out to Yellowbrick with questions that go beyond a single diagnosis.

They want to understand what is driving the patterns they are seeing and what would actually help.

The comprehensive assessment brings those pieces together through neurocognitive testing, psychiatric evaluation, pharmacogenomic analysis, and in-depth interviews. Findings are shared with the family in a collaboration conference.

Whether the next step is at Yellowbrick or somewhere else, the assessment gives families clarity they can build on.

10/02/2026

Yellowbrick has created a coherent treatment model which integrates research from the frontiers of neuroscience, in-depth psychotherapy and core competence in life skills.

Treatment is individualized, grounded in an Open Therapeutic Community, and happens in real time alongside the actual challenges of daily life.

That balance of safety, structure, autonomy, and real relationships is what Yellowbrick was designed to provide.

09/30/2026

As we close out Su***de Prevention Awareness Month, here's a message to carry forward: knowing how to recognize warning signs and respond with care can make a real difference for someone going through a difficult time.

The framework from the 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline offers five evidence-informed steps anyone can take: ask directly, be present, help keep them safe, help them connect to support, and follow up. These steps work because they center human connection over having all the answers.

This month may be ending, but the conversation doesn't have to. Sometimes the most helpful thing is simply being willing to start it.

📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988

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09/25/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month. One of the most meaningful things anyone can do is learn what support is available and share it openly.

The 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential emotional support by phone, text, or chat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for anyone in the United States. You do not need a diagnosis or a moment of crisis to reach out.

Prevention starts with people who care enough to have the conversation.

📞 Call or text 988
💬 988lifeline.org/chat

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09/17/2026

Registration is Open! Please join us Nov. 6th for the Yellowbrick Annual Conference. Featuring speakers from Yellowbrick, Menninger, Mclean, Lindner Center and Louis Kraus MD. Hotel block rate available... see more details at https://yellowbrickprogram.com/events/next-level-exploring-options-beyond-outpatient-care/

09/11/2026

Tracy Ashworth, Yellowbrick's Director of Business Relationship Development, will be attending NATSAP East Coast next week. If you'll be there, email her to schedule a meet up at [email protected]

09/10/2026

World Su***de Prevention Day, Sept. 10th. Help those in your life who may be struggling. Learn more at www.yellowbrickprogram.com.

09/09/2026

Some of the magic of the Yellowbrick model lies in our approach to helping patients conquer their real world demands through Occupational Therapy:

09/01/2026

The number of young people dying by su***de has gone down since the launch of the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline in 2022. That's the conclusion of a recent study in the journal JAMA. Researchers observed 4,300 fewer su***des in the 2 1/2 years following the launch compared to what they'd projected from previous years' trends. (NPR)

Address

1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 400
Evanston, IL
60201

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+18662340222

Website

https://yellowbrickprogram.com/

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